25 Nov, 2020
Trump Says He’ll Concede If Republican Party Renames Itself After Him (Satire)
Trump Says He’ll Concede If Republican Party Renames Itself After Him (Satire) by Rob Okun 600 words Donald Trump is...
18 Nov, 2020
Time for a Losers’ Presidential Intervention
Except for a few diehards, everyone knows it’s time for Donald Trump to give up the charade that he’ll ever reverse the election results...
16 Nov, 2020
The brat
No! No concede! Won’t! Won’t won’t won’t! Donald Trump is a spoiled brat. His election to the highest office...
13 Nov, 2020
Trump’s game
Trump’s game by Mel Gurtov 738 words Published in: Counterpunch, Mel Gurtov, The Chronicle, Westside Gazette, LA Progressive, The Gilmer...
11 Nov, 2020
Former Presidents Recommend Trump Use Accumulated Vacation Time Now (Satire)
A bipartisan task force of former presidents has recommended that outgoing commander-in-chief Donald J. Trump be allowed to...
3 Nov, 2020
Patriarchy’s Post Election End Days
Patriarchy’s Post Election End Days by Rob Okun 700 words Published in: LA Progressive, Greenfield Recorder, Anchorage Press, Times Argus,...
31 Oct, 2020
Be Prepared to Defend Democracy
Be Prepared to Defend Democracy by Wim Laven 741 words Published in: LA Progressive, The Gilmer Mirror, Counterpunch, Sierra County...
22 Oct, 2020
The anti-racist revolution
The nation has less than two weeks left to live in its comfort zone of platitudes. This is by far the most ominous election buildup of my...
21 Oct, 2020
Preparing for a Contested Election
Though former Vice-President Joe Biden maintains...
15 Oct, 2020
Not Proud, Boys
On the eve of the presidential election, are men ready to stand up and yell fire in the national theater we call the United States? Let’s face it; all of us who recognize that manhood and masculinity are evolving must speak out about the intimidating alpha males who pose a grave threat to society, especially at this fraught moment when COVID-19 is ravaging the world...
14 Oct, 2020
Why women should not vote for Trump
Given his track record with women—dozens of allegations of sexual misconduct, horrible rhetoric about “grabbing them by the ^ussy” and more—it should not be a surprise that Donald Trump is no friend to female voters...
12 Oct, 2020
The Menacing Threat of Hate and Political Violence
Matthew Shepard, just 21, was murdered in an anti-gay hate crime on October 7, 1998, taking five agonizing days to die of his wounds. Sadly, in 2020, the US has not learned the lessons underlying hatred and political violence.
11 Oct, 2020
Our Deranged President
Our Deranged President by Mel Gurtov 458 words Published in: LA Progressive, Mel Gurtov, The Chronicle, The Scott Free, Counterpunch,...
9 Oct, 2020
What comes next is up to us
What if we stopped separating the looming national chaos into separate categories —racism, climate change, war, vote suppression, election theft, pandemic, science denial, white supremacy, police brutality, etc. — and tried looking at it all at once?
7 Oct, 2020
Be Prepared for Violent Fascists and Political Violence
In the days following the first Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden I observed two important lessons.